#B799EB#B799EB

#B799EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B799EB
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 27.48, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 46.29, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0604 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.12 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9118, 38.8478, 83.6607)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B799EB #CDEB99

analogous

#99A4EB #B799EB #E099EB

triadic

#B799EB #EBB799 #99EBB7

tetradic

#B799EB #EB99A4 #CDEB99 #99EBE0

square

#B799EB #EB99A4 #CDEB99 #99EBE0

split-complementary

#B799EB #EBE099 #A4EB99

monochromatic

#6F33D7 #9366E1 #B799EB #DBCCF5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B799EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B799EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B799EB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B799EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B799EB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b799eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7f1',
    500: '#b799eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b799eb;
$custom-light: #ceb7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b799eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B799EB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF168C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B799EB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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